Tunes Tuesday: Pump Up Hip-Hop Music

It’s time for another Tunes Tuesday linkup with Steff from Run Steff Run and Kimberly from Kooky Runner. We’re so excited to have you share your favorite music with us each week! We’re looking for inspiration for our running and workout playlists and even a “jog” down memory lane as you share your favorite jams! The theme this week is pump up music and I’m sharing a few of my hip-hop favorites!

I’m also sharing my playlist with Angela and Ilka for the Sunday Fitness and Food linkup and Marcia, Patty, and Erika for Tuesdays on the Run!

Tunes Tuesday: Pump Up Hip-Hop Music

I’m so excited to be back for another week of Tunes Tuesday! The third Tuesday of the month is dedicated to pump up music, so I decided to create a playlist solely dedicated to this theme and each month, I’ll add a different type of pump up music to share as part of Tunes Tuesday!

In case you missed it, here are the Tunes Tuesday posts I’ve shared so far:

To kick off the year’s Tunes Tuesday Pump Up Playlist, I thought it would be fun to share some of my favorite hip-hop music that can get me amped up! I tend to keep things “throwback”, though I do have a couple of newer songs on the list. I hope you enjoy it, as I tried to pick some slightly less predictable tunes, and maybe it’ll pump you up on your next long run or workout! Feel free to follow the playlist on Spotify!

Featured Hip-Hop Artists: Pump Up Music

Notorious B.I.G. – I still really love Hypnotize…keeping it old school!

50 Cent – What Up Gangsta….hey, don’t judge me!

Busta Rhymes – Touch It was such a huge hit and of course I love anything tangentially related to Daft Punk!

Fat Joe, Remy Ma, Jay Z, French Montana – All the Way Up…I can’t ignore how much this song gets me hype!

Drake – 0 to 100….real quick! It’s a catchy song!

LL Cool J – Headsprung…I still remember this music video with Timbaland who was clearly going to the same gym as LL!

DMX – There were too many great DMX songs to choose from but I haven’t heard What’s My Name in a long time…it’s an intense song!